| This study was a quest toward understanding how superintendents prepare districts for change in response to various internal and external environmental forces. This study focused on aspects of the change readiness process. Finally, this study sought to answer questions regarding aspects of a climate and specific strategies superintendents utilize that hinder or assist in preparing a district for change.;This research was a qualitative case study bounded by a shared experience. The informants consisted of a purposeful selection of maximum variation, four public school superintendents from Ohio. The four informants were identified and data were collected using the interview process. Saldana's (2010) multi-cycle coding method was used to analyze the data.;Interpretation of the data revealed support for the three conditions of a climate included in Schein's (2010) Change Model. Analysis of the interview data also revealed a number of strategies that assisted superintendents in preparing a district for change (persuasive communication, active participation, pacing, and discrepancy.) Lastly, various strategies were identified as hindering the process of preparing a district for change (personal support and discrepancy). |
